Custom fire apparatus manufacturer scaling digital manufacturing and connected vehicles on Azure
Pierce Manufacturing builds specialized fire trucks and rescue vehicles for North American fire departments. The company is undergoing a digital transformation centered on Azure cloud infrastructure—deploying a connected vehicle platform, digital thread integration across engineering-to-service, and IIoT monitoring—while simultaneously ramping up lean manufacturing and supply chain optimization. Heavy manufacturing hiring (46 of 71 active roles) paired with elevated engineering and ops headcount signals a push to operationalize these digital systems at production scale.
Notable leadership hires: Team Lead
Pierce Manufacturing is the leading North American maker of custom and commercial fire apparatus, including pumpers, aerials, rescue trucks, and tankers. Part of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK), the company operates from Appleton, Wisconsin with 1,001–5,000 employees. The product portfolio serves municipal fire departments and emergency services. Current operational focus spans lean manufacturing initiatives, supply chain risk reduction, production schedule adherence, and a cloud-native digital transformation anchored in Azure and connected vehicle telemetry.
Azure is Pierce's primary cloud provider, with deployments including Azure Functions, Event Grid, Event Hub, Data Explorer, Cosmos DB, Container Apps, and DevOps. A connected vehicle platform and digital thread initiative run on this Azure stack.
Design and PLM: PTC Windchill, CATIA, ADAMS, AMESim, MATLAB. Operations: JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, SAP PM, Maximo, Domino. Manufacturing execution and logistics are supported by lean and value stream optimization initiatives currently in flight.
Pierce Manufacturing's technology stack, projects, and hiring signals are inferred from public hiring and company data — career pages, public listings, and company web presence — then clustered and de-duplicated. Figures are estimates that refresh over time. Read our full methodology →
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